Monthly Archives: October 2007

“King” Kenny Roberts gave Roland Sands a motor from their MotoGP KRV5 engines; the only MotoGP engine ever to leave their coveted paddock. Sands creates a complete custom with the highly-engineered race engine. Then Roland Sands Design put the build on DVD for all to see.

Mark Dooley Talks Pipes at the 4th Year Anniversary

Hard-Krome President, Mark Dooley, is revving up with new products for Metric and Harley Cruisers for the 2007 and 2008 riding season. The word that is heard is Black, Midnight Black. Itâ€™s the new chrome. Mark talks about the trends in the industry.

Texan Gerald Jessup Gears Up in Bonneville

Gerald Jessup from Texas hugs the groupies and is looking to to run 105 mph on a 1951 Triumph T100 – an ex-flatracker. He’s looking to set the gas and fuel record. He dusted the bike off and pulled it out of the garage and came to Utah.

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How does it ride? No one knows or isn’t saying but we would love to get our mits on it and race it down to our local pub. BTW… do you see the bi-plane? Let us know… we see a snarling street-wise bad boy.

The Fun, the Sun and the Methanol. The 2007 BUB Speed Trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats had it all! Check out the latest gallery of images from the sticky white salt. Or take a listen to our interviews on YouTube Tuesday.

Honda’s motorcycle exhibition will feature World Premiere concept models (prototype), pre-launch models, and a comprehensive line-up of other motorcycles and advanced environmental and safety technologies.

In spite of gusts up to 50mph, the turnout was still impressive at Metric Thunder’s 4th Anniversary Party. Over 150 bikes showed up during the course of the day. Everything from Hayabusas to Harleys, VTX 1800s, VTX1300s, Road Stars, V-Stars, … Continue reading →

By day Greg works the counter at Metric Thunder, when he’s out of the shop you’ll either find him on his Bandit 1200 or this Volusia. This bike has seen better than half the USA, and just this summer alone. … Continue reading →

Metric Thunder Kicks Off The Holiday Season With Savings on Selected Items for Your Ride! All Thanksgiving Sale items are subject to availability and the special discounted prices are only good up until 10PM Pacific Standard time on Friday, November … Continue reading →

Win a brand new exhaust system from Hard Krome or RoadBurner for your V-Twin! We’ve just added two grand prizes worth over $700 each! One complete set of Hard Krome and one complete set of RoadBurner exhaust for your Metric … Continue reading →

Metric Thunder, one of the nation’s leading motorcycle accessories and parts sellers for cruisers worldwide, announced their move into apparel with the inclusion of Torian Chopper Leathers at their new showroom and headquarters.

There will be plenty to see and do at our upcoming party, so we’ve put together a schedule of events to give you an idea of what’s happening and when. Last time around we had some folks show up about … Continue reading →

MotoGP is the world’s premier motorcycleing championship, with a season of 18 GP races in countries bringing together the worl’d top motorcycle manufacturers including Honda, Ducati, Yamaha, Suzuki, KTM, Kawasaki and Aprilia.

We haven’t forgotten you, just a bit behind! Due to an unforeseen family tragedy, final contest winners and seat deliveries have fallen behind. Many have written or called to ask for current status and we were not in a position … Continue reading →

We’re gonna be celebrating 4 years and the grand opening of our new location in Orange! As our way of saying thanks to our customers, we are throwing a party with free food, drinks, live music, over $5,000 in raffle … Continue reading →